Shiba Yoshigan walked slowly towards Kinki on the Tokaido Road. Anyway, there was nothing wrong with him when he went back, it was just mugwort.
Not only Oda Nobunaga, but other Hime Samurai warriors are also affected by the rain and dew. With the outbreak of divine descendants in Kanto, Kinki cannot be too far behind.
The weight on Yiyin's crotch was very heavy, so he had to work hard.
At this time, Kinki has already ushered in the first snow of early winter, and Oda Nobunaga is not idle here. He is waiting at Azuchi Castle for Yoshihiro to deliver birds to his door.
She had already set off for the Ishiyama front line and completely drove Sakuma Nobumori into the abyss.
Oda Nobunaga, who arrived at the front line, listed nineteen crimes against Sakuma Nobumori, completely denying Sakuma Nobumori's achievements over the years.
In the end, Sakuma Nobumori was exiled to Mount Koya. The party members who were attached to Sakuma fled and dispersed. There were only two or three retainers who accompanied him to Mount Koya.
The depressed Sakuma Nobumori was depressed and died of illness in Mount Koya the next year, which made all the Oda retainers feel sad.
The exiles of Lin Xiuzhen and Sakuma Nobumori made Oda's retainers even more afraid of Oda Nobunaga, and the concubines were as quiet as cicadas.
Even close ministers like Niwa Nagahide and Ikeda Tsuneaki, they no longer dare to speak frankly to Oda Nobunaga, let alone other retainers.
Oda Nobunaga finally turned the Oda family into his own, and her wise and martial side was infinitely expanded, while the mistakes made by Ganzuna's dictatorship continued to deepen.
As the old saying goes, when things flourish, they will eventually decline.
The Oda family is currently in the midst of a raging fire, but it seems to be rapidly sliding towards a cliff.
As for the Shiba family, the biggest impact of Sakuma Nobumori's exile was the sudden surge in real estate in Kinki Shiba's territory. The housing prices rose at a rate that even Takada Haruno was stunned.
In order to ensure the stability of the value of Shiba real estate, Takada Yono only slowly sold the property rights of a small part of the street shops, warehouses, and houses in Shoucheng.
Although Shiba Real Estate has also increased in value in recent years, the growth rate is far less exaggerated than that of Hokurikudo Trading Stock.
But this time, it seems that a large amount of cash flow has poured into the Spa real estate market, quickly creating a scarcity of real estate and causing housing prices to rise sharply.
After investigation, Takada Yono discovered that these sudden funds basically came from the Oda retainers group, and the largest buyers were the old samurai family of Shimowari and the upstart Nishi Mino.
In these years, the Oda family has developed rapidly. From Shimo Oda, it has a territory of more than 100,000 koku, and it has spread all over the world. So far, it has acquired a territory of 4 million koku, becoming the most powerful feudal clan in the world.
In this expansion process, Oda Nobunaga was naturally the biggest beneficiary, but the Owari and Mino two samurai families who first followed Oda Nobunaga also benefited greatly.
Over the past seven or eight years, many martial arts families have accumulated huge family fortunes that could not be earned even after several generations of hard work, and their thinking began to change.
In the past, I thought my family was poor and just wanted to go out and grab more. Now that I am rich, I am thinking about how to keep my things.
The last time Oda Nobunaga expelled Lin Xiuzhen and Ando Mamoru, the evidence was considered conclusive.
Although everyone is scared, as long as they abide by the rules, they are not afraid that the governor will suddenly turn against him and return to before liberation.
But this time, the situation is very different.
Although Sakuma Nobumori is a foul-mouthed man, he likes to play devil's advocate in the circle of the Shimobari old samurai family.
But she did have outstanding achievements. She was the first confidant to follow Oda Nobunaga to conquer the world. She shed blood and made meritorious service for the Oda family.
Such a close minister, Oda Nobunaga, can be ruthless, fish for law enforcement, and beat him to the end as soon as he says it. Who can have a sense of security?
Even Niwa Nagahide has become cautious, not to mention admonishing, not even daring to take a breath. No matter how close and trustful other people are, can they compare to Mi Guniang, whom Oda Nobunaga said was so affectionate?
In order to promote Shiba Real Estate to the old Owari family, Takada Yono specially paid for the exiled Lin Xiuzhen to act in a show, spend a lot of money on endorsement ads, and also gave away several units of Shiba Real Estate.
Although Lin Xiuzhen was expelled by Oda Nobunaga and lost her position of power, at least she had no worries about food and clothing. She could also collect shop rent in Spo and work as an apartment in a residential compound, so that she could spend her old age peacefully.
Compared with Sakuma Nobumori, who could only go to Mount Koya to eat grass in desolation, Lin Xiuzhen's retirement life was like paradise.
Moreover, Lin Xiuzhen's real estate was acquired very early and is still increasing in value, which makes Oda's retainers even more excited.
After the two bosses were expelled, they were in a different situation. Everyone was not blind, so they naturally began to think about their own way out.
As a result, Shiba Real Estate suddenly surged due to the large influx of cash flow, which even Takada Haruno felt baffled.
After understanding the situation, Takada Yono lamented that the Oda family was really rich, and immediately started to invest in new real estate property rights. This was like a pie in the sky, money that was not earned in vain.
These economic fluctuations did not affect Oda Nobunaga.
After she kicked Sakuma Nobumori away, she immediately took over the command of the front line and continued to attack Ishiyama Honganji Temple.
The Mikuni half-samurai family, who worked hard under Sakuma Nobumori, knew for a long time that their leader was going to be unlucky, but no one expected that Oda Nobunaga would not miss his old friendship at all, and was so cold and chilling.
Now that Sakuma Nobumori has left, Oda Nobunaga personally supervises the army. All departments of the Oda army immediately worked hard to attack. No one wants to follow in Sakuma Nobumori's footsteps.
Ishiyama Honganji Temple has been besieged for half a year, and many of its outlying branches have been destroyed.
Winter was supposed to be a time for truce and recuperation, but the Oda family always liked to fight out of season due to their abundant capital. After winter, the offensive turned out to be more intense than before, catching Ichizune off guard.
At this time, Ishiyama Honganji Temple had been cut off by Akechi Mitsuhide's plan and all foreign aid was cut off. He was only relying on his own strength to hold on, trapped in an isolated city, and his morale was low.
Honganji Xianru had long wanted to negotiate peace, but Oda Nobunaga's conditions were too harsh, and the main war faction in Honganji refused to give in.
Now that the situation is beyond our control, the voice of the main militant faction is also lowering, and the negotiations have finally reached maturity.
The compromise of Ishiyama Honganji Temple was already expected by many people.
When it comes to religious beliefs, people at the bottom are often more loyal, while those at the top have few devout believers. Therefore, when the religious elite try their best to urge people not to forget their original intentions, it is often they who forget their original intentions.
Buddhism in the island country has long since completed its localization transformation, and the temple gates are occupied by nobles with noble blood.
Behind the propaganda of saving all sentient beings, the real high-level people are already inherited through blood, which is in line with the orderly social characteristics of the island country.
Assuming that the casualties are only lower-level believers, the noble religious upper classes do not mind the death of a few more people.
But if the blood has been splashed on themselves and the knife is close to their eyes, most of their knees will be weak.
Oda Nobunaga forced Sakuma Nobumori to survive and besieged Ishiyama for half a year, and then came to pick peaches in the winter, just because he was sure that the master would not endure for his faith to the end or even be martyred.
And Oda Nobunaga was not the only one to see through this.
As early as the autumn, Hashiba Hideyoshi had sent his sister Hashiba Hideyoshi to Sakai Port to communicate with Tsuda Muneki and prepare for the Western Kingdom strategy.
Oda Nobunaga is now very impatient. She seems to be intolerable to Yoshigan Shiba's hookups with other women, and wants to conquer the world in the shortest possible time and achieve the monopoly power of the only Holy Wife.
The exploration of Tokaido and Hokuriku Road was blocked. Once Ishiyama was captured, Oda Nobunaga would definitely concentrate his efforts and rapidly expand to the four countries of the West.
Hideyoshi Hashiba volunteered to conquer the Western Kingdom to atone for his sins, and was even willing to give up the territory of 120,000 koku in Kitaomi in exchange for a chance to give it a try.
Oda Nobunaga was very satisfied with her ambition, and she was one of the few retainers in the Oda family who could keep up with Oda Nobunaga's ambition, so he agreed to her request.
As for the Shikoku Strategy, there is a rumor in the Oda family that Oda Nobunaga intends to let Niwa Nagahide host it, but Niwa Nagahide's own attitude is still unclear.
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In this lively winter, Oda Nobunaga carried out special operations on the Ishiyama front, causing panic among Oda's retainers.
Hashiba Hideyoshi turned a deaf ear to this and concentrated on his strategy for the Western Kingdom.
After Hideyoshi Hashiba established his front line, Hideyoshi Hashiba also came to Sakai Port this winter to meet several people who were of great help to her in conquering the Western Kingdom.
Sakai Port, Tennoji Temple of Tsuda Sōkyō.
Tsuda has been doing business for several generations, first by joining the Shimoma family of Ishiyama Honganji Temple, and then by relying on Miyoshi Masayasu among the three Miyoshi who guarded Sakai Port.
By Tsuda Muneji's generation, he had become one of the three major businessmen of Sakai Port along with Sen Rikyu and Imai Munehisa.
Although the three big businessmen were engaged in different businesses, they were all masters of tea ceremony, and they played important roles in the Sakai Association and the House of Ten People, a merchant organization in Sakai Port, and competed with each other.
Sen no Rikyu has a shogunate background and serves as Kyoto's representative in Sakai Port. The shogunate is now in name only, and Sen no Rikyu has long since become low-key.
Imai Munehisa followed Takada Haruno and boarded the ship of the Shiba family. Tsuda Muneki was not to be left behind, and became close to Hashiba Hideyoshi, relying on the Oda family.
But Hashiba Hideyoshi is obviously not as trusted by his master as Takada Harno. Shiba Yoshigan can let Takada Harno do what he does, but Hashiba Hideyoshi cannot truly represent the Oda family.
So in these years, Tsuda Muneki has been suppressed by Imai Muneku.
Today, Hideyoshi Hashiba came to Sakai Port and was given the backyard of Tennoji House by Tsuda Sōkai just to meet a few people in secret.
Hideyoshi Hashiba walked in front, leading the way for Hideyoshi Hashiba. Several Hime samurai passed through the corridor and came to a small tea room.
The Hashiba family's Hatamoto opened the door, and there were two Hime samurai sitting in the room, as well as a Nanman missionary dressed as a priest. Tsuda Muneki happened to finish the tea ceremony and dispensed the tea soup at just the right time.
Then, she bowed to Hideyoshi Hashiba and silently exited the tea room.
Although Tsuda Muneki was the owner of this place, she did not dare to stay. After bowing, she hurriedly left, leaving the room to the Hashiba sisters and three guests.
The Hashiba family's Hime Samurai stood guard outside the door, watching Tsuda Muneki go away, completely isolating the indoors and outdoors.
Seeing Hashiba Hideyoshi's arrival, the three people present bowed and saluted, Hashiba Hideyoshi smiled.
"I'm really sorry for keeping you waiting for so long."
She Shi Shiran took the main seat, while Hideyoshi Hideyoshi sat at the tea server's seat and began to distribute tea and introduce the guests to Hideyoshi Hashiba.
To be continued...